Madison times. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1884-1???, 1887-01-22

priated for the purpose OF building
a Court House in the town of Tai.
! lulah, TO be paid from the general
fund now in the Treasury, and the
Parish Treasurer Is hereby directed
to set aside and reserve said sum
subject to the warrant of the Pres
ident of this Board, to be drawn at
such times, and for such amounts
as may be agreed upon by the
committee heretofore appointed for
the purpose OF building n Court
house lsaid committee consisting of
Geo. W. Montgomery, James T .
Mcclellan and II. b. Holmes, J and
as required by said committee.
Be it further ordained that said
committee be and is hereby author
lied and instructed in their dis
cretlon TO contract with some re-
sponsiOle party who shall be the
lowest bidder after due notice and
advertisement for the erection of a
good and substantial Court house,
In said town in such manner and
of such dimensions and proper
tions, and ofsuch materials us shall
be, determined upon by said COM
mittee, said Court house when
completed to cost not more than
Twenty One Thousand dollars. and
the balance of such sun. of Twenty
One Thousand dollars, or less as
the case may be, over and above
the sum Of SO 900. 0O above appro-
priated is hereby appropriated for
said purpose to be used by said
building committee at such time
and in such manner and amount
as they may deem necessary as
follows, tO-wit: The sum of Five
Thousand dollars out of the general
fund from the taxes of the year
1887, and the remainder of what
ever sum shall be necessary for
the building of said Court house,
the entire cost Of which as above
set forth shall not exceed the sum
of sd 900. over and above the sum
of Fifteen Thousand dollars herein
above appropriated, out of the gen.
eral fund from the taxes Of the year
1888.
Be it further enacted &C., That
the said committee shall have and
are hereby granted full power to
contract for the erection of said
Court house and to require such
bond and security as they may
deem advisable for the completion
of said building in accordance with
such specifications and terms az
may be fixed in said contract.
BE it further ordained &C., That
ordinance No. 273 heretofore pass
ed making an appropriation for the
building Of a Court house be and
the same is hereby repealed.
Mr.. Fischel moved, and Mr..
Cochran seconded the motion that
the following ordinance be adopted
carried.
Ordinance No. ga establishing a
parish depository.
Be it ordained by the Police Jury
Of the Parish OF hudson, That
from and after the passage of this
ordinance the Parish Treasurer
deposit equally in the Vicksburg
Bank, Vicksburg, Miss, and State
Nat. Bank. New Orleans, La, all
monies belonging to the parish.
aud that said banks shall be known
as parish repositories.
Mr.. Cochran moved the adoption
Of the following ordinance, second
ed by Mr.. Fischel and adopted.
Ordinance No.275 authorizing
the working of prisoners.
BE It ordained By the Police Jury
of the Parish of Hudson. That
the Sheriff of said Parish be and is
hereby authorized and instructed
to work convicted prisoners con-
fined in the Parish Jail in ditching,
draining and otherwise improving
the Court house and Jail lots in
the town of Tallulah, as may in
his discretion be necessary or ex-
pedient. and the Sheriff is hereby
empowered to employ one guard
for every 8 prisoners SO employed,
and to pay said guard or guards SO
employed tho sum of 81 30 per day
for such service.
On motion the Board adjourned. |